A network is a system of two or more computers that are connected in some manner (you have lots of choices about the "manner"). Each computer on the network has access to the files and peripheral equipment (printers and modems) on all the other computers on the network.Using multiple computers is much easier if you have a network. You don't have to remember which computer you were using when you started that letter to Uncle Harry because you can just reach across the network to finish it using any computer in the house. A home network allows you to do the work you have to do better and more efficiently. You can benefit from a network if youUse PCs that run either Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows XPWant to share computers on a network, whether they're desktop computers or laptopsHave more people in the household than computers, so more than one person may use any single computerHome Networking For Dummies isn't a novel, so you don't have to st